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Cool Tornado
IMI Marston has won a £1.5 million ($2.5 million)contract to supply pre-coolers as part of the mid-life update of the Royal Air Force's Panavia Tornado GR4s. Deliveries to the British Aerospace Military Aircraft division will continue until the year 2001, says Wolverhampton, UK-based IMI. Source: Flight ...
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Movex clarification
Flight International has been asked to point out that Speedwing is marketing Intentia's Movex Aviation maintenance support software (Flight International, 8-14 January, P19). Source: Flight International
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Ariane poised
The first Ariane 4 launch of 1997 is scheduled for 30 January, with the flight of Argentina's Nahuel 1A and the USA's GE 1 communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit aboard a 44LP model/V93. Source: Flight International
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Third orion
Hughes Space and Communications has been awarded a contract from Orion Asia Pacific to build the ten C-band, 33 Ku-band transponder Orion 3 communications satellite, an HS-601HP model, which will be launched aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta 3 booster into a 139í position in geostationary orbit in 1998 (Flight International, ...
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Loral wins contract to build Chinasat 8
Space Systems/Loral has been selected to finalise a contract with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite to build the Chinasat 8. The satellite, to be launched late in 1998, will be based on a standard FS-1300, three-axis stabilised spacecraft bus - the 38th of this series to be built - ...
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Earth imager
NASA plans to launch the LightSAR radar-imaging Earth-observation satellite to use advanced technologies to reduce the cost and enhance the quality of radar-based information for scientific research, remote-sensing and emergency-management applications. Source: Flight International
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Iridium launches will be further delayed after Delta explosion
The much-delayed maiden flight of the first of Motorola's Iridium mobile communications-satellites aboard a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Delta 2 booster faces a further hold-up pending the investigation into the loss of a Delta 2, 13s after launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 17 January. MDC had planned seven ...
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Russia worries about space station role
Yuri Koptev, director-general of the Russian Space Agency, has admitted that his country could be ousted from the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian energy module, the first element of the ISS, has been completed and will be launched on 27 November, but other hardware is behind schedule because of ...
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Aerosport agent
DM Aerospace of Manchester has been appointed exclusive UK importer of the Thorp T-211 Aerosport two-seat single-engined trainer. The aircraft is manufactured in the USA by Venture Light Aircraft Resources and has been unavailable in the UK since the early 1990s. Source: Flight International
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JAA alarms GA operators with proposal for new ETOPS limit
General-aviation (GA) industry officials believe that a European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) proposal to impose a 120min extended-range-twin-engine-operation (ETOPS) limit on twin-engined business aircraft would severely hamper their operations. Late in 1996, a JAA Operations Committee issued a Notice of Proposed Amendment which would set a 120min ETOPS ...
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Bell begins assembly of new 427 light twin
BELL HAS BEGUN major assembly of the first prototype Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter. The aircraft is to be flown at Bell's Canadian commercial-helicopter plant in December 1997. Two prototypes are planned and simultaneous Canadian, European and US certification is scheduled for December 1998. The first production 427 ...
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Gulfstream launches GV sales tour
GULFSTREAM HAS embarked on a world tour with the Gulfstream V which will include the first demonstrations of the business jet's 12,000km (6,500nm) design range. The ten-week tour began in Washington DC on 19 January and will include stops in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and South America, the ...
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Diamond doubles up capacity in Austria
Diamond Aircraft Industries has more than doubled its manufacturing, research and maintenance areas at Wiener Neustadt-Ost Airport in Austria. The company, the developer of the DV20 Katana Xtreme range of light aircraft, now boasts a factory covering 5,200m2 (56,000ft2). The newly expanded plant is now offering fixed-based-operator services ...
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Cessna delivers first 172R to US AOPA president
Cessna Aircraft has handed over the first new 172R to US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) president Phil Boyer. AOPA took the aircraft on behalf of member Sharon Hauser, who won the 1997 Skyhawk in an Association sweepstake. It is the first Skyhawk to be delivered by the manufacturer ...
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FMS approval
Garrett Aviation Services has won a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the AlliedSignal Global GNS-XLS flight-management system (FMS) and fault detection and exclusion software on the Raytheon Hawker 800. The STC will allow primary-use navigation with the built-in global-positioning system. Source: Flight International
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Bell 'quiet cruise' reduces 407 noise
BELL IS DEVELOPING a technique to reduce the fly-over noise of its Model 407 light single-turbine helicopter, to meet expected demand for quieter aircraft for use on sightseeing operations over US national parks, such as the Grand Canyon. The company has demonstrated its Quiet Cruise concept to park ...
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Northrop Grumman to close four plants
Northrop Grumman is shutting four plants as part of its continuing effort to consolidate and streamline operations. The move, which will result in a charge of $90 million, will eliminate 2.5 million ft2 (232,000m2) of excess capacity and make 755 workers redundant. The largest cuts come within the ...
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Deutsche BA aims to return to profit by 1998
Deutsche BA has unveiled a new strategy, aimed at putting the airline into profit within 18 months and refocusing on internal German services. Since its launch by British Airways in mid-1992, the carrier has rapidly established itself as Germany's second-biggest after Lufthansa, but is still struggling to make a profit. ...
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Garuda profits
Garuda Indonesia managed to show a net profit for 1996, but largely as the result of selling off unwanted assets. According to the country's transport minister, Haryanto Danutirto, the state-owned carrier ended the year with an overall profit of 124 billion rupiah ($73.2 million), but that masked a loss of ...
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Virgin Express may pull out of its Brussels base
Virgin Express, one of the pioneers of Europe's low-fares air market, reports that it grew by one-third in 1996 and expects to report a profit despite the dramatic growth. The announcement comes, however, with a veiled warning that Belgium's high social costs could persuade the carrier to leave ...